Figure Of Speech

 

 Hii! How are you guys? i hope you stay healthy and happy. Today i want to explain about figure of speech.

 

Figure of speech is an expression or figure of speech used for literacy needs both oral and written. Figure of speech serves to beautify English words which are usually used for writing poetry, poetry, and even prose. Not only poetry or poetry, there are also many other things that use figure of speech in writing, for example greeting cards, slogans, headlines in news, film subtitles, even a company motto. Maybe what we imagine, figure of speech is a serious thing and formal writing. In fact, figure of speech can also be used in the form of humor that attracts attention and impresses.

 

Alliteration

Is a figure of speech that has a function to beautify the types of English sentences. One of the characteristics of alliterations is that they have repeated consonant sentences. Example:

• The wild walrus waits and wonders when we’ll walk by.
• She sells seashells.
• Walter wondered where Winnie was.
• Blue baby bonnets bobbed through the bayou.
• Nick needed new notebooks.
• Fred fried frogs’ legs on Friday. 

 

Metaphore

Is a figure of speech that is used to compare something or an idea. For example:

•  Heart of stone
•  Time is money
•  The world is a stage
•  She’s a night owl
•  He’s an ogre

 

Onomatopoeia

Onompatopoeia is a figure of speech that specifically writes the sound of something. Example:

• Whoosh
• Splat
• Buzz
• Click
• Oink

 

Personification

Personification is a type of figure of speech that gives "life" to inanimate objects. What does it mean? The point is that the sentence used in the sentence gives a picture of the object as if the object is alive. Example:

• The flowers nodded.
• The snowflakes danced.
• The thunder grumbled.
• The fog crept in.
• The wind howled.

 

Simile

Simile is a figure of speech that compares or presupposes something or an object. Sometimes, similes like to be confused with metaphors which also have a form of comparison. In fact, simile and metaphore have different structures. Simile has the characteristics of the words like, as, or similar to. Example:

•  As slippery as an eel
•  Like peas in a pod
•  As blind as a bat
• Eats like a pig
•  As wise as an owl

 

Hyperbole

In Indonesian, we know this figure of speech as hyperbole. Same as in English, this hyperbole tense seems to exaggerate something. Example:

• I’ve told you to stop a thousand times.
• That must have cost a billion dollars.
• I could do this forever.
• She’s older than dirt.
• Everybody knows that.

 

Anaphora

Anaphora is a writing technique in which a phrase or beginning in a word is the same and is repeated in a sentence. Usually anaphora is used in writing poetry, fairy tales, speech, or poetry to make it more rhythmic. Example:

•  I came, I saw, I conquered. – Julius Caesar
• Mad world! Mad kings! Mad composition! – King John II, William Shakespeare
• It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness. – A Tale of Two Cities, Charles Dickens
• With malice toward none; with charity for all; with firmness in the right. – Abraham Lincoln

 

Assonance

One of the characteristics of an assonance figure of speech is the repetition of similar sounds. Sometimes, assonance can also repeat words with the same first letter. Example:

•  A – For the rare and radiant maiden whom the angels named Lenore. (Poe)
•  E – Therefore, all seasons shall be sweet to thee. (Coleridge)
•   I – From what I’ve tasted of desire, I hold with those who favor fire. (Frost)
• O – Oh hear old Triton blow his wreathed horn. (Wordsworth)
• U – Uncertain rustling of each purple curtain (Poe)

 

Synecdoche

• Is a word or term used to represent all objects. For example:
• Wheels - Represents the mention of cars.
• Plastic - In America there is a term plastic for a credit card or debit card.
• Coke - Used to refer to any fizzy drink.

 Video Materi :

I'll Show You  By Justin Bieber

 

My life is a movie

And everyone's watchin'

So let's get to the good part

And past all the nonsense

Sometimes it's hard to do the right thing

When the pressure's coming down like lightning

It's like they want me to be perfect

When they don't even know that I'm hurtin'

'Cause life's not easy, I'm not made out of steel

Don't forget that I'm human, don't forget that I'm real

Act like you know me, but you never will

But there's one thing that I know for sure

I'll show you

I'll show you

I'll show you

I'll show you

I gotta learn things

Learn them the hard way

Gotta see what it feels like

No matter what they say

Sometimes it's hard to do the right thing

When the pressure's coming down like lightning

It's like they want me to be perfect

When they don't even know that I'm hurtin'

'Cause life's not easy, I'm not made out of steel

Don't forget that I'm human, don't forget that I'm real

You act like you know me, but you never will

But there's one thing that I know for sure

I'll show you

I'll show you

I'll show you

I'll show you

'Cause life's not easy, I'm not made out of steel

Don't forget that I'm human, don't forget that I'm real

You act like you know me, but you never will

But there's one thing that I know for sure

I'll show you

I'll show you

 

 1. My life is a movie : Metaphore

 2. When the pressure's coming down like lightning :

Simile

 

"I'll Show You" is a song recorded by Canadian singer Justin Bieber for his fourth studio album Purpose (2015). Written by Bieber, Josh Gudwin, Sonny Moore, Michael Tucker and Theron feemster, the song was produced by Skrillex and Blood. It was released as a promotional single from the album on November 1, 2015 by Def Jam. A mid-tempo Electronic Pop ballad, the song includes trap percussion and synthesizer beds as its main instrumentation. Bieber's vocals on the track were considered emotional, lower, and calmer. Lyrically, "I'll Show You" was considered an autobiographical song about his public image, with lyrics about the pressure of fame and the need for human connection.

The song received positive reviews from most music critics, who praised Skrillex's production and his chemistry with Bieber, while also noting his rawness and praising his vocals on the track. Commercially, the song was successful, reaching the top-ten in seven countries, including his native Canada, as well as the top-twenty in another six, including Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States where it received platinum certification by the Recording Industry Association Of America. The song's music video was shot in South Iceland and released on November 2, 2015. It shows Bieber on lush mountainsides, gazing at nature from a cliff's edge, and skateboarding on top of a broken-down airplane. "I'll Show You" was included on his Purpose World Tour.

 

The conclusion is figure of speech is an expression or figure of speech used for literacy needs both oral and written. Figure of speech serves to beautify English words which are usually used for writing poetry, poetry, and even prose. Consists of Alliteratio, Metaphore, Onomatopoeia, Personification, Simile, Hyperbole, Anaphora, Assonance, Synecdoche, etc.

 

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